Tag: Predominantly

How is it produced, and who produces the food (i.e. small-scale farmers? Large corporations? Some combination?)? Think here about the labor that goes into producing and processing this food.

Commodity Chain Analysis

Using the references you identified in your bibliography, compose a 750-word commodity chain analysis for the food you selected. This portion of the assignment is worth 100 points and is due on Wednesday, June 8th. Your analysis should respond to the following questions:

What is the history of the food? Where did it originate, and what cultural groups first cultivated or harvested the food?

Where in the world is the food commonly produced now?

How is it produced, and who produces the food (i.e. small-scale farmers? Large corporations? Some combination?)? Think here about the labor that goes into producing and processing this food.

Where is the food commonly consumed now, and by whom (i.e. is it an expensive food that only people of a certain class consume? Is it consumed predominantly by a particular ethnic group? Is the food gendered in any particular way?)?

How does the food get from the producers to the consumers?

Discuss the context (meaning) of the visual. Discuss the elements used in the visual to get the reader to think a certain way.

Find an advertisement, cartoon, or image on the Internet that depends predominantly (if not entirely) on visual appeals to market a product or make a point.

Avoid using videos or commercials. Consider the purpose, targeted audience(s), context, and effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the image.

In your introduction, identify the image, the purpose, and the targeted audience(s) of the image you are analyzing. Include either a copy of the image or a link to where the image can be found

. Also, include a thesis statement at the end of the introduction that reflects the content of your essay.

In the body of the analysis, discuss the context (meaning) of the visual. Discuss the elements used in the visual to get the reader to think a certain way.

You might discuss visual elements like shapes, colors, size, shadows, and positions to name a few. Also, discuss the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of these visual elements.

End with a brief conclusion that summarizes what you have learned from completing the analysis of the rhetorical situation.

Be sure to double-space your assignment.

Length: 400 – 450 words